Please bring nonperishable food items that you think college-age students would enjoy as they study for final exams. Sunday, April 24, would be the last day to donate because the boxes will be mailed on Monday, April 25.
Upcoming Dates to Remember June 1—Drop offs begin for annual rummage sale June 8—Meals at Maplecrest (sponsor needed) June 16th-17th Rummage Sale June 18—Baby Bottle Campaign ends
Untangle Your Committees. Unlock Your United Methodist Church. What do you call a horse designed by committee? A camel , of course. What do you call a church run by committees? Well, you call it United Methodist . One Size Fits All? The United Methodist Church is structured to be lay-driven , and this is a very good thing . Unfortunately, in our zeal to include as man people as possible in church leadership and decision-making, we often hold the church back . Not only this, but the system we use for ordering our churches has, at times, actually prevented the laity from participating in our mission to be and make disciples of Jesus Christ for the transformation of the world. What if I told you that there is another way , and it is actually already written into the Book of Discipline? There is. But let me first set the scene as to why exploring alternative governance is so important. As clergy know, there's this interesting wrink...
Dear Trinity Family, It seems odd that my letter this month is about Lent, but this year Lent begins on February 10. Lent is a time in the Christian year where we take time to reflect and focus on our relationship with Jesus Christ. Lent is a period of forty days that runs from Ash Wednesday and ends before Easter. Now some of you have begun to count and notice that this is more than forty days, but Sundays do not count as every week we celebrate the love of God in Christ as a “mini-Easter.” This forty day period is designed to mirror the time that Jesus spent in the desert as he prepared for his public ministry. This year we will have many ways for us to participate in Lenten reflection as we think about our relationship with God in Jesus Christ as we think about Jesus’ life, death, and resurrection. Some of these experiences will be new and different for Trinity Church, but I invite you to try all of these different worship experiences as we take time to reflect on Go...